Labour’s pledge to cut NHS waits is at risk as one in five doctors are considering quitting - with many looking to move abroad, the medical regulator has warned.
A new workplace experience report by the General Medical Council reveals almost a fifth of doctors (19 per cent) are thinking of giving up their career in the UK.
And one in eight (12 per cent) are pondering leaving the UK to work overseas, according to GMC figures.
The main reason given for considering a move abroad was that doctors are ‘treated better’ in other countries, with an increase in pay cited as the second most common reason for plans to emigrate.
Overall, some 43 per cent of doctors told the GMC that they had researched career opportunities in other countries.
